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Manzoni, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Manzoni, Alessandro äls-sän´dr mändzô´n [key], 1785–1873, Italian novelist and poet. Taken in his youth to Paris by his mother in 1805, Manzoni embraced the deism that he was later to di...Tassoni, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Tassoni, Alessandro äls-sän´dr täs-sô´n [key], 1565–1635, Italian poet. He spent much of his life in the service of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy and Francesco I of Modena. His sharp lette...Scarlatti, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Scarlatti, Alessandro äls-sän´dr skärlät´t [key], 1660–1725, Italian composer. He may have studied with Carissimi in Rome, where his first opera was produced in 1679. In 1684 he went to ...Farnese, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Farnese, Alessandro äls-sän´dr färn´z [key], 1545–92, duke of Parma and Piacenza (1586–92), general and diplomat in the service of Philip II of Spain. He was the son of Duke Ottavio F...Vittoria, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Vittoria, Alessandro äls-sän´dr vt-tô´rä [key], 1525–1608, Italian sculptor. A leader of the Venetian Renaissance and a student of Sansovino, Vittoria was influenced by the mannerism o...Algardi, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Algardi, Alessandro äls-sän´dr älgär´d [key], 1595–1654, Italian sculptor and designer, b. Bologna. He studied under Lodovico Carracci. In Rome his friend Domenichino obtained his first ...Gavazzi, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Gavazzi, Alessandro äls-sän´dr gävät´ts [key], 1809–89, Italian preacher and patriot. A Barnabite monk, he left the order in 1848. His liberal ideas and disillusionment with the social o...Stradella, Alessandro
(Encyclopedia)Stradella, Alessandro äls-sän´dr strädl´lä [key], 1642?–1682, Italian composer of operas, cantatas, oratorios, and instrumental music. Few facts but many legends exist concerning his lif...Medici, Alessandro de'
(Encyclopedia)Medici, Alessandro de' äls-sän´dr d m´dch, Ital. m´dch [key], 1510?–37, duke of Florence (1532–37); probably an illegitimate son of Lorenzo de' Medici, duke of Urbino. His p...Volta, Alessandro, Conte
(Encyclopedia)Volta, Alessandro, Conte äls-sän´dr kôn´t vôl´tä [key], 1745–1827, Italian physicist. He was professor of physics at the Univ. of Pavia from 1779 and became famous for his work in elec...Browse by Subject
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